I have been getting back into swimming - partly because a minor strain was limiting my running.
I usually do some sort of review of the images pinned to my internal calendar for remembering every day that passes while on a run and tried the same thing while swimming.
The trouble I found was that I also count the lengths I swim and it was easy to confuse the date I was remembering and the number of the length I was swimming.
The solution was obvious: combine the two.
Which gives a fun exercise while exercising.
Length 1: recall the images for the 1st of each month going back in time, till the length is over.
Length 2: repeat for the 2nd of each month.
Hitting 30 lengths, then start again from the 1st, but for earlier months.
A variation I am using sometimes is to only retrieve one image for the day of a particular month corresponding to the number of the length I am swimming and use that as a jumping off point to remember as much as possible about the day before the next length.
Other times, I just concentrate on improving my swimming style and practise tumble turns.
I usually do some sort of review of the images pinned to my internal calendar for remembering every day that passes while on a run and tried the same thing while swimming.
The trouble I found was that I also count the lengths I swim and it was easy to confuse the date I was remembering and the number of the length I was swimming.
The solution was obvious: combine the two.
Which gives a fun exercise while exercising.
Length 1: recall the images for the 1st of each month going back in time, till the length is over.
Length 2: repeat for the 2nd of each month.
Hitting 30 lengths, then start again from the 1st, but for earlier months.
A variation I am using sometimes is to only retrieve one image for the day of a particular month corresponding to the number of the length I am swimming and use that as a jumping off point to remember as much as possible about the day before the next length.
Other times, I just concentrate on improving my swimming style and practise tumble turns.
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